Animal-trap



(No Model.)

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. ANIMAL TRAP;

No. 324,238. v P ted Aug. 11, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF Ion.

JO SHUA M. DESART, OF HILLSBOROUGH, ILLINOIS.

ANIMAL-TRAP.

EEPECIE'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,238, dated August 11, 1885.

. Application filed October 7, i284. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, J OSHUA M. DESART, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Hillsborough, in the county of Montgomery and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal- Traps; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in self-setting animal-traps; and it consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view taken through the line a w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a vertical sectional View taken through the line 3 y. Fig. 4 is also a sectional View taken through the line 2 z.

' A represents a rectangular box, the end and side being cut away, as shown, so as to provide an entrance into the compartment B. The top of the box is made in two sections, and is provided with 'a hinged door, A, which is of less length than the major portion of the top, which is rigidly secured to the end and side. The box A is divided transversely into three compartments, B, O, and D, said compartments being separated from each other by walls I) d. A'shaft, E, is pivoted or journaled centrally to the wall d, and passes through a circular opening in the wall b, the portion of the shaft within the compartment 0 being cylindrical, so as to provide a drum, around which is wound a cord, 0, which passes over a pulley, e, secured to the top of an upright, F, which is attached re'movably to the box A by staples a a. The'portion of the shaft E within the compartment B is rectangular in cross-section, and has attached thereto wings ing at the corner of the box, one of the wings extending vertically, while the one which forms the floor is horizontal. The outer end of the shaft is provided with a key or crank-hanis attached to the wall D under the shaft E, as

shown in Fig. 3. Immediately in front of the bait-hook the wall I) is provided with an opening, I, which is provided with wires 2', which are placed at sufficient distance apart to prevent an animal entering said compartment; and the compartments B D are connected to each other by a passage-way, K, to the front end of which, at the upper portion thereof, is attached a wire trap-door, L, as shown in Fig. 2. The outer wall of the compartment D, opposite the passage-way K, is provided with a window or opening, (1.

The operation of my invention is as fol lows: To set the trap the key G is turned so as to wind the cord 0, which is provided with a weight, upon the drum E. The stop-pins g will engage with the notch g and prevent the shaft from rotating. By means of the spring bait-hook and the pins upon the rotating shaft the trap is rendered selfsetting. When the trap-is set, which is done'automatically, the animal when entering said trap will stand upon the platform and attempt to withdraw the bait through the opening I. The movement of corner and top, as shown, and provided with .a horizontal shaft'and rotating mechanism, 9

wings B attached to said shaft, so as to rotate in a compartment, a spring bait-hook, H, supporting'the bait in front of an opening. above the horizontal beams B of the rotating platform, and bent at its center to form a shoulder to engage a projection on said Windlass-shaft shown, a revolving platform consisting of r5 to lock the same and its wings in position, a wings rigidly attached to the shaft, and aeord, passage-way, K,and compartment I), the parts 0, weighted at its end, and upright F, passageheing combined and organized substantially way K, having trap-door L suspended from 5 as shown, and for the purpose set forth. the upper portion thereof, and opening I, ad-

2. In an animaltrap, a receptacle, A, havjacent to the upper end of the bait-hook, the 20 ing the sides and ends cut away, as shown, and parts being combined and organized substanprovided with a hinged top of less length than tially as shown, and for the purpose set forth. the major portion of the top, said receptacle In testimony whereof I affix my signature 10 being divided into three compartments, :1- in presence of two witnesses.

shaft, E, provided within the central eom- JOSHUA. M. DESAR'I. partment with a cylindrical portion, and pins Vii-messes: 9, adapted to engage with a spring-hook se- J. A. ROBINSON,

cured to the wall of said compartment, as L. G. TYLER. 

